Japanese military planes have flown into China's new air zone: Japan official

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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese military airplanes have conducted routine surveillance missions over disputed islands in the East China Sea without informing China, despite Beijing establishing a new airspace defense zone in the area this week, a top Japanese government official said on Thursday. "They are carrying out surveillance activity as before in the East China Sea, including the zone," Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a regular news conference, adding that there had been no particular response from China. ...

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